On Thursday 25 September 2008 16:22:26 Dave Crossland wrote:
> Xerox didn't invent touchscreens with (pseudo) 3D accelerated
> interaction models AFAIK ;p

Circa 1991 - Xerox Europarc's Digital Desk.
   * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkO0dgfRnoU

Skip ahead to 3 minutes 30 seconds or so. Unlike current multitouch things, 
its vision is far further than what we have today. (through including things 
like projection onto a real desk and scanning in things on the desk as a 
result)

(ever since seeing this, I've only ever gotten desks with white surfaces, to 
leave options open :)


Michael
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